The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-25

Staten Island.
"And down south" he continued. ut
arr list a-comin' on spring. which arc
what afe guin' on continually IA life, old
chaps like the In the winter Of their DAYS
and youngsters like that yondcr, pointing
10 a passing boy, "comin' In Tor their
spring and summer. With me twill soon
lc always night, while Tor a time lac has
,iarnal daylight on Cape Horn now the
days are a-gittin' longer and longer. and
by Christmas time, when We have To burn
gas nearly al DAY, thcrH be scare amy
night there NJ all.
"And spcakin' of Christmas, minds me
al one Christmas dinner W had In the
old bark Mcr-cy In 1912. She wcro one
Of them craft what wcp owned by a COM
kAny ~ chaps M wanted tn grt Ia the dig.
gins IN California, where everybody aboard
Gent us chaps aiorr the mast owned n
shar of her, and where all the cargo
aboard were owned by them likewise, and
~ for us Nulormrn, wc went out for
nOthin', cause We had the lever, a. n
wcrr called, and wanted 10 gt out 10 the
higgins and git n iortin In gold.
That ere, YOU know, wen thirty.cight
year ago, and | we're only thirty.two year
odd. and. though you mightn't think Il
nov 10 look at me, | wcp then strong M
an or aud spry ~ a kitten, ~ was likewise
most Of us chaps NJ got a chance Ia this old
hooker.
"You sec, sir, them times nobody
wouldn't send any ship M was good cot
anything Ia California, cause captains,
mai7 aud crrw all cut their lucky u SOL
~ the anchor we're down In san Frauc.-c,
harbot. aud the ship jisi be IN stay them,
and ! pursumcs that the old McrpHy nru NJ
this minute underneath some big brick
store. When they filed IN the harhol
uher', 81 make a water front, thcy didu
stop a. move thc8c old h0okCrs. but III
coNcud en- up. llOW-cycr, that's nsitho.
hOrr nor there. There WIS lots as Wautpi
10 GIT out there, and lot u chap, a hun
dnd. ~maybc=WOuli gt together and bul
the ship out and out, and load her viii
whatever they thought they could make
spec On out there. They generally giy
the captain n sharc 90 tWu Tor his -%,r,iUuz
and tie mate likewise, aud all the prst q
the ship's company, from the serIui mat
and the carpenter down, they could go a.
the asking. everybody bgin' crazy io 81
and nobody sr,in' anythin' ahead ui hit
but y%alIrr sold.
"Evpy old rattle tap that WIS In %
country was fixed up and slll o. one #,
these companies, the members 90 vliC
didn't know one end Of u ship from 81.
olheE, and only that H. jst about the uI'
,ai y'yagc that can h. Imagined. thri
wouldn't half II EN- have ever ct Their
which they al did DO. or, AZ any rate
there wcrcn't many exceptions. Thoi
was gay I'D tnncs aboard Of them. Too, q
hands hcin' oVncn. but generally u IN
skipper Wvnc anythin' VI y ~siI0ruIsu. tlo
found out, Fltcr be- st ETA ~ IA, as ult
wasn't noihin' but passenger, aud had -
toobcy Orders.
81 mind our old mans iust ius-cl vii
EN- were OF Rio Janairo. You Hac %
old bark wprc, without exception, a
rlowcsi thing that ever Won canvass, at
We Was eighty DAYS uut before ~ Nas n
with thc latitude 0i Rio. We'd had %
Of nan on the line, and had hlci up d
our water casks, ~ NJ To that We Was Q
right. aud We had lUts II -four aud bisHli
sud silt provisions on board ~ carsn. Nj
The lrsh grub had long been gone. and
passcngpt owner p cuncludc hp'dhko 90
~ an grt supplies There halbccn little uU
'wiKi them aud the old man iJr vccl
aud b. hadn't spoke 10 them nor they
him. but they found ont from ihr mate
suppo-c 1y We was a-giuin' up bon ihe u
itudc 81 Rio, and they h0lisa mrri.n' ~
resolves 10 ~ 10 and they presents The
resolutions ~ the captain. l always III
sn idoc that Il they hadn't done n0thi
The skipper would have gone in cd his 0y
free will and accurd, but he weren't gui
~ be ordered In and nll EN- he'd fcs e.
blOwod lint. IlDn they held anoil.
mcctin' and lcposel him turned him 10
Of the command and app1in'uliho ms
skipper but the mate know a lsttrr thl
Do guilty Of an act OF open muiny. and
wouldn't take charge. Then iu..a cha
produced their shOOtin' irons. gr1 tire.
rned the skipper II he didn't GODS, 'Om
90 Rio they'd blow his bmins uui. uf %
him In irons, or what not, and then
\ called all hands, clewcd W the rv.l y